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It's been three weeks since Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School lost 17 classmates and teachers in a tragedy that's still unraveling. In that time, grieving students launched a nationwide movement that could spur new gun laws faster than any previous massacre did; warning signs that were ignored before the shooting came to light; and gun control legislation is gaining traction in the state legislature.

While Florida lawmakers debate that bill, the grand jury decided Wednesday that ex-student Nikolas Cruz should be charged for the 17 deaths.

Cruz has been held without bond following a brief hearing in a Broward County court last month. The troubled young man appeared by video from jail during his initial court appearance and said nothing except to confirm his name. He nodded when he was told he couldn't post bail.

Cruz is willing to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty, according to the public defender's office representing him.